The Roland JV-1080 was one of the hottest and most popular digital synthesizers ever to come from Roland. Incredible sound quality capable of emulating any instrument imaginable plus totally fat analog synth type sounds and loads of percussion! It has 64 voices of polyphony and 16 part multitimbral, it's no wonder this is part of almost every Film Score Composers set-up as well as many more artists and hobbyists!

It has 8MB of sounds and it also offers a lot of expandability with 4 expansion slots and 2 data card memory slots. You can get up to 42MB of sounds by adding any of the popular JV-80 expansion cards suited for Techno, World Instruments, Orchestral or Synthesizers. The 1080 has a large LCD screen, lots of effects and filters for creative flexibility, motion control and extensive MIDI implementation. Editing is intense but enhanced and simplified by external editors like MOTU's Unisyn. It is used by Faithless, Hardfloor, Vangelis, Scanner, Roni Size, LTJ Bukem and Apollo 440.

Daniel Fletcher of Dazz-Synth

November 19, 2008 @ 5:40 am

Roland Jv-1080 has bin used by Depeche mode on "Ultra" and my band is it for everything...

Scott Rodriguez

October 30, 2008 @ 6:22 pm

With the Orchestral II card, the strings are better than those in my Motis ES8. I really like the sound of this module. Thought it sounded a bit harsh at first, but have grown to love what it brings to the mix. Got mine for about $250 on eBay in 2008.

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October 28, 2008 @ 12:25 pm

I was looking to get a used JV-1010 because I like the fact that it has a built in session board. I managed to find one of these for sale instead at a good price so I grabbed it..and I'm really glad that I did. I have two expansion cards for it (Orchestral and World) and I think it's a fantastic and powerful piece. Sound quality is lovely. the patch programming makes for very expressive sounds. A great buy if you are looking to get away from VSTi's.

jonny

October 18, 2008 @ 11:15 am

This has to be the winner of one of the most underrated synths of all time. Which is mainly due to the editing structure. However if you can get beyond that with a decent PC/Mac editor and are willing to learn all of the parameters of this synth and once you get into routing Things all over the place you will be able to create bass sounds and pads that honestly few others can come close to in complexity. especially when you consider these go for around 200 bucks today. i own and have owned tons of other synths and when you get down to what you can create with this one no other synth i have ever owned can come very close.

Matt

October 9, 2008 @ 2:26 pm

The JV-1080 is a sound arsenal. Thousands of great sounds at your finger tips. A true classic for any studio. Programing is deep and complex but can be done right from the front panel. A great all around synth.

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